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on Friday, April 29th, 2011 at 1:59 pm by Radley Balko
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Related topic: A grand jury in New York failed to indict two cops who killed a man in a bout of road rage. Cops said he attacked them with a baseball bat – 6 witnesses said the victim had his hands at his side and was sucker-punched. Infuriating…

Im sure an impartial internal review board will find that he acted within department protocol and policy. Im sure the rest of us will realize thats horseshit and that apparently appropriate policy and procedure means being a total asshole with no ability to deal with people or to exercise rational behavior but rather arrest, bully and generally assault those who disagree with you.

The UK is a bit out of range for you guys, but I thought this one might interest/amuse you. Yesterday, during the royal wedding, an acquaintance of mine and her friends were arrested (not charged) for being dressed as zombies. Apparently this is now considered a natural prelude to breach of the peace.

Lame though this may be, I can kinda understand the police logic here. I mean, how many opportunities does your average law enforcement officer get to prevent a plague of the undead?

The UK is a bit out of range for you guys, but I thought this one might interest/amuse you. Yesterday, during the royal wedding, an acquaintance of mine and her friends were arrested (not charged) for being dressed as zombies. Apparently this is now considered a natural prelude to breach of the peace.

I do not want to defend the cops (even British ones) but they probably thought those zombie get ups were an attempt at impersonating the royal family in order to sneak into the reception.

@Discord you have hit the nail on the head my friend. Let’s hope it comes soon a fine young man need not be immolated. Yet I pray that there is that one final spark that lights the fuse. I doubt it though, Americans seem far too indoctrinated and naive. I hope I’m wrong.